Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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Looking at the fallen angel on the Wall of Sighs who was surrounded by an evil aura, Luo Mi’s blood almost froze, and he subconsciously looked at Anos beside him.
Anos looked at him naturally: “Is the image of the angel under the throne of God different from what you imagined?”
Luo Mi asked cautiously, “Is this the angel described in the Bible?”
Then all gods were demons, right?
“God is unimaginable and unpredictable. In the past, God and angels walked on earth in human form in order to better guide humans.” Anos looked at the Wall of Sighs. “Even the non-human images with ten rings, ten eyes, and twelve wings recorded in the Bible are just a description of one of the angels.”
After listening for a while, Luo Mi realized something was wrong: the reflection Anos saw didn’t seem to be a fallen angel?
He looked around and found that the nearby silver knights and pilgrims had no adverse reaction to the fallen angel reflection of Anos. Instead, their expressions became more awed and pious.
So I’m the only one seeing a Fallen Angel?
Luo Mi muttered in his heart: “Was Anos a fallen angel in his previous life or will be one in his next life?”
[Considering that the Son of God is the future world-destroying boss, this is not surprising.]
Luo Mi suppressed his instinctive fear and looked carefully at the reflection of the fallen angel.
The reflection looked exactly like Anos himself, except that his hair and eye colors had changed, and two thick devil horns had grown on his forehead.
After studying the demon settings of this world, Luo Mi already knew that the size of the demon’s horn represented the strength of its power. The size of the fallen angel’s horn meant that its power was also extremely strong.
Luo Mi observed carefully with the intention of finding the reason for Anos’ fall, and he actually discovered a clue: behind the fallen angel’s jet-black wings, seven complex rings of different colors were faintly flashing.
Each ring was similar to the halo above Anos’ head when he performed the angel miracle before, but it revealed all kinds of evil meanings.
Luo Mi guessed based on his understanding of the Bible: “Could this refer to the seven deadly sins?”
[It was previously suggested that the host should start from the seven deadly sins when tempting the Son of God.]
Luo Mi pretended not to hear: “Pride, jealousy, rage, laziness, greed, gluttony, lust… Don’t mention it, I feel that none of them have anything to do with Anos.”
As one of the core members of the Holy See, Anos perfectly met all the standards of a saint – at least on the surface.
But having witnessed the weirdness of Anos twice, Luo Mi believed that there was no perfect person in the world.
But where do you start?
Luo Mi thought of what happened in the town of Pigli at the foot of the mountain and began to think seriously: “Let’s try the termites within the Church first.”
….
While Anos entered the city of Ionion to reinforce the barrier, Luo Mi was playing a game of clapping and slapping with Hao Xi outside the city.
Just when he was finally about to win the show, he suddenly felt the ground shaking, causing him to lose control of the show and fall to the ground.
The playful cat’s paw slapped Luo Mi’s face.
Luo Mi rubbed his paw pads and looked in the direction of the earthquake’s source.
The sky in the north had been dyed red by the flames.
Orange-yellow meteors flew out from the huge flames, and they hit the city of Ionion like a rainstorm! The whole scene was like the end of the world!
Luo Mi’s pupils contracted, and he subconsciously wanted to take advantage of the opportunity and run away.
Reinhardt, who was standing next to him, grabbed him and said, “Don’t run. It’s okay.”
Ah?
Luo Mi looked up blankly, only to find that the flaming meteor showers were stopped by a transparent barrier when they approached the sky, and only created circles of fine ripples that eventually disappeared.
Looking back, although some pilgrims knelt in fear, most of them prayed devoutly, as if they were accustomed to this incident.
Reinhardt laughed and said, “That’s Lord Redhorn. He has a very bad temper and gets angry at the barrier for no reason.”
Luo Mi looked over there carefully and vaguely saw the shadow of a red dragon in the huge flame.
Luo Mi estimated the distance between the red dragon and Ionion City and the size of the shadow, and exclaimed: “Is Lord Redhorn so big?”
“Dragons are big.” Reinhardt shrugged. “Lord Redhorn is the strongest dragon, and his size is indeed comparable to a mountain. By the way, are you really not going to consider the matter I mentioned before? His Highness is not here now, don’t you want the money?”
Luo Mi looked Reinhardt up and down and asked: “You really didn’t violate the doctrine?”
“If I had violated the rules, Your Highness would have sent me away long ago.” Reinhardt took off his helmet to get some fresh air. “To be honest, most of the money from selling these things is for the Knights and Your Highness, so Your Highness turns a blind eye.”
Luo Mi became interested: “Tell me more about it.”
“We, the Second Knights Templar, are directly under His Highness and are also the representatives of the Holy See. In recent years, influenced by the thoughts of the Pietists and the Isolators, the calls for clergy to be thrifty and honest have become louder and louder. Naturally, His Holiness the Pope cannot remain silent.”
At this point, Reinhardt sighed deeply. “So our treatment was reduced again and again. Although it was compensated in other aspects, we all have families to support, and most members have wives and children. According to the requirements of the Holy See, the direct family members of the official members of the Knights Templar must move to the holy city of Bethlehem… The prices in the holy city are not cheap! A child has to be trained from the moment he is born…”
Luo Mi felt dizzy after hearing this. But he was not fooled by Reinhardt: “I guess you guys are so destitute because you don’t want your family’s lifestyle to be too low.”
Reinhardt smiled and did not refute. Instead, he said confidently: “Of course. If a child is not trained from a young age, how can he hope to join the Vatican and become a senior bishop or a formal member of the Knights in the future?”
Luo Mi curled his lips and was about to say that he was not interested, when suddenly an idea flashed in his mind: “Your Highness the Holy Son approves of this behavior?”
“As long as you don’t say it directly in front of His Highness, His Highness will assume that he doesn’t know.” Reinhardt took the opportunity to hit him, “So it’s useless for you to tell on me. Don’t even think about cheating me.”
Luo Mi didn’t care what the knight thought. He was thinking about another point: this showed that Anos was not a dogmatist who was completely isolated from the world and obsessed with the Bible.
After all, the Vatican was a huge institution, and pure faith was bound to be mixed with various compromises and concessions in the process of blending with the secular world. It was hard to say how many concessions were concessions and how many concessions were corruption.
Luo Mi looked at Reinhardt’s expression and became friendly: “I just happen to be short of money, too, tell me in detail…”
….
It was almost dusk when Anos came out of the city of Ionion.
His expression looked slightly tired, just like the night of the blood moon.
Even so, Anos still walked down the bumpy mountain path.
Luo Mi looked at Anos’s profile and said to the system in his heart: “Do you feel that the Holy Son seems to be in a bad mood?”
[Maybe because he is too tired?]
By the time they came down the mountain and moved into the church in Pigli Town, the sky was already full of stars.
As soon as Anos entered the church, he went to ask Father Mona about the civilian protests during the day, while Luo Mi was taken to the assigned room by the knight.
When the people in the church saw Luo Mi’s wings and tail, they thought he was a prisoner captured by the knights, and kindly suggested that he be imprisoned in the dungeon behind the church.
Luo Mi showed the Bible in his arms and held his chin high to show that he was a devout believer, which made the priests and nuns in the church almost pop their eyes out.
A demon holding a Bible, what a weird combination!
After the knights confirmed Luo Mi’s identity, the priest looked at them with strange eyes, wanting to say something but hesitant, but still stepped out.
Luo Mi belatedly asked, “Did I bring discredit to His Royal Highness the Saint?”
He just didn’t know if the pretence was enough.
Reinhardt patted his shoulder and said, “Yes. But we won’t be particularly disgusted with you.”
Luo Mi curled his lips: “Thank you so much.”
Although Anos did not bring Luo Mi, Luo Mi hoped to find a breakthrough to induce the Son of God to fall from the issue of the Vatican’s taxation in Pigli Town, so naturally he would not stay in the room obediently.
He waited in the room for a while before pushing open the door and planning to sneak out to get some information.
As soon as he opened the door, he saw two knights standing at the door.
Luo Mi: “…Aren’t you going to take a rest?”
The knight said, “His Highness specifically told us to send someone to accompany you, so that the people in the church would not misunderstand you.”
Luo Mi was very grateful for Anos’s attentiveness, but he didn’t need it now.
Fortunately, Luo Mi had a second plan.
He lifted up the kitten, his black eyes becoming deeper: “Hao Xi, do me a favor.”
After bewitching Hao Xi again, Luo Mi adjusted the confiscated camera and hung it around the neck of the black cat Hao Xi.
Although this camera was not small, its material was surprisingly light, so it was not a problem to carry it even when carrying a camera.
After Luo Mi and the system’s research, it was found that this camera was still using Vatican technology, powered by holy light. It could not only take photos but also record videos and even sound. The only difference was that the resolution of the video was very poor.
But the system says it could help handle even lower resolutions.
Luo Mi picked up the cat-moving camera and placed it on the window.
Hao Xi let out a “meow” and jumped out of the window.
….
After waiting for a long time, Luo Mi was feeling drowsy on the windowsill when he heard the familiar sound of a cat’s meow.
He woke up instantly, and just as he brought Hao Xi in and took down the camera, he heard the voices of Anos and the knight talking outside the door.
Luo Mi didn’t have time to check the camera and quickly threw it into the system’s storage slot.
Anos walked in with a tired look on his face.
Luo Mi asked with concern: “Your Highness, why do you look so tired?”
Anos smiled gently, took off his priest robe and hung it on the hanger, then sighed slightly: “I’m just a little tired.”
Luo Mi blinked: “Is the trouble in Pigli Town difficult to deal with?”
“It’s not difficult.” Anos shook his head. “Father Mona was indeed bewitched by his cronies and issued several extra taxes. I have ordered him to take them back and give compensation to the townspeople, who have already accepted it.”
Ah? Finished?
Luo Mi was disappointed and surprised: “Then why is your highness so tired?”
Anos was silent for a moment, then walked to the mirror on the wardrobe and stared at himself in the mirror: “I’m just thinking, as long as the result is good, is the process not important?”
Luo Mi blinked: “Why did your highness suddenly think about this?”
“The townspeople were able to accept the Vatican’s solution so readily, not only because they received some monetary compensation, but also because Lord Redhorn’s bombardment of the barrier in the afternoon reminded them that it was the Vatican that protected them and allowed them to live safely under the light.”
Luo Mi didn’t understand: “What’s the problem?”
Anos was silent for a longer time this time before he whispered, “But this time, Lord Redhorn’s bombardment of the barrier was deliberately induced by the Church.”
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